diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_ast.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_ast.ts
index a5a3c17f6b..fbe1c7b72f 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_ast.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_ast.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export class Element implements Node {
       public endSourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan|null, public i18n?: I18nAST) {
     // If the element is empty then the source span should include any closing tag
     if (children.length === 0 && startSourceSpan && endSourceSpan) {
-      this.sourceSpan = {...sourceSpan, end: endSourceSpan.end};
+      this.sourceSpan = new ParseSourceSpan(sourceSpan.start, endSourceSpan.end);
     }
   }
   visit<Result>(visitor: Visitor<Result>): Result { return visitor.visitElement(this); }
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_template_transform_spec.ts b/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_template_transform_spec.ts
index 4b800f6153..eff0b5da3f 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_template_transform_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_template_transform_spec.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,17 @@ function expectFromR3Nodes(nodes: t.Node[]) {
   return expect(humanizer.result);
 }
 
+function expectSpanFromHtml(html: string) {
+  const {nodes} = parse(html);
+  return expect(nodes[0] !.sourceSpan.toString());
+}
+
 describe('R3 template transform', () => {
+  describe('ParseSpan on nodes toString', () => {
+    it('should create valid text span on Element with adjacent start and end tags',
+       () => { expectSpanFromHtml('<div></div>').toBe('<div></div>'); });
+  });
+
   describe('Nodes without binding', () => {
     it('should parse text nodes', () => {
       expectFromHtml('a').toEqual([